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ABSTRACT This thesis will research in the forming reason of zither music from longitudinal aspects and try to explain with the left hand of phonology display from horizontal aspects, its functionality and aesthetics as it presented. In comprehensive survey to geography, culture, esthetics, performance, and music instrument construction, we will study in the phenomenon of the phonology display in zither music schools. There is no unique contribution factor to format a specific music schools. In main land China, the vest in territory, diverse landform, and geographical environment will impact to the style of the music directly. Differences in topography will influence the life style of people and the culture differences will also make up with the different customs. In addition, the difficulties for traffic will decrease the willing to communicate with each other. Due to aforementioned reasons, each place would develop characteristically zither music schools naturally. The traditional zither music which attached to the Chiu Yih (a kind of Chinese traditional say and sing music), Folk Songs, Xianshi Music (a kind of forming by music instrument united performance) will after long-term efforts of musician, became the compositions of instrument, in evolutional process the dialect of each place of tone and rhyme of folk music, will be reflected in the phonology display of the zither music. The rhyme mentioned in this thesis means the practices by change the sound that string tension produces with the left hand technique. From looking the functionality of the rhyme, the characteristics of performance can reflect to their regions. And also, the rhyme could smoothen the zither music during performing. In the course of presenting rhyme, we will see diversification of tones of music. There are close relationship between the formation of tones and structure of instruments. In addition, the musician will present his/her unique characteristics to the rhyme in accordance with individual’s esthetics viewpoint and skills when performing the music. When presenting the rhyme of zither music, there have same esthetics viewpoint to other arts, e.g. calligraphy, painting, etc. in China. Music is an acoustical art. Calligraphy and painting are optical arts. Their idiosyncrasies are different but the same with their intension. Under the environment with changes of the times, study environment, method by pass on and difference of era and trend., zither music development will have heavy to test , how to keep the traditional advantage to add the new meaning for re-creation , to develop in zither characteristic, the direction that study skill person in zither music are worth thinking more.
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